Friday, December 11, 2015

House Armed Services Committee concludes Obama broke the law with Bergdahl swap...

A yearlong investigation by the House Armed Services
Committee has concluded that the Obama administration broke the law in
swapping five Taliban members for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — and went out
of its way to hide the negotiations as they were happening.
The report said the administration broke a law requiring it to give
members of Congress 30 days’ advance notice of any detainee transfers
from the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, where the senior Taliban
leaders were held.
It also found that it misled reporters and lawmakers about a
potential prisoner exchange. Congress was instead notified just hours
before the May 2014 transfer took place.Keep on reading…

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